SPIE in deal with ReadCube to increase use of SPIE publications - August 6, 2015
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced an agreement with publishing technology company ReadCube to enable researchers to find and use SPIE content to which they have access via ReadCube Discover. Used by more than 8 million researchers… Read More
Springer Media set to acquire Dutch health portfolio from Reed Business Netherlands - August 5, 2015
The board of Springer Media has announced the intended acquisition of the Dutch healthcare publishing activities of Reed Business Netherlands. The portfolio consists of Dutch language books, events and magazines for healthcare professionals. Springer Media, part of Springer Nature, publishes Dutch language professional and educational… Read More
CCDC and IUCr collaborate to streamline Crystallographic Data Deposition into the Cambridge Structural Database - August 5, 2015
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has announced a new collaboration with the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) to integrate checkCIF data validation into the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) deposition process. The Crystallographic Information Framework (CIF), maintained by the IUCr, is the standard format used worldwide… Read More
Society for General Microbiology partners with Publishing Technology to launch new publishing platform - August 4, 2015
The Society for General Microbiology, the largest learned microbiological society in Europe, has partnered with Publishing Technology to launch its new publishing platform. Going live with a back catalogue of 55,000 articles, the new digital platform brings together scholarly content from all six of the… Read More
Springer Nature acquires Stuttgart-based publishing house J.B. Metzler, expands humanities portfolio - August 3, 2015
Springer Nature and the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group have agreed that, effective immediately, the Stuttgart-based publishing house J.B. Metzler will become part of Springer Nature. The acquisition follows the recent combination of the majority of Macmillan Science and Education (owned by the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) with Springer… Read More
The Ecological Society of America and Wiley announce publishing partnership - July 31, 2015
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has been selected by the Ecological Society of America (ESA) as its publishing partner for its distinguished portfolio of scholarly journals in ecology. With over 10,000 members globally, the ESA is one of the largest and most highly regarded professional… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Zapnito partner to build expert communities - July 31, 2015
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Zapnito have announced a collaborative partnership to build online expert communities for global research. NPG will use Zapnito's platform and expertise to create communities for journals, training, events and conferences. They will bring together interdisciplinary groups of experts to… Read More
Wiley joins list of document suppliers for FIZ AutoDoc´s pay-per-view option - July 29, 2015
Wiley, the international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, has announced that it will be available as a new document supplier for FIZ AutoDoc´s pay-per-view option. Thus, articles from nearly 1,600 Wiley journals, hosted on Wiley Online Library, can now… Read More
Australian National University chosen as new host of the World Wide Web Consortium Australia Office - July 29, 2015
The Australian National University (ANU) is set to play a significant role in guiding the future of the Web after being chosen as the new host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Australia Office. The W3C is an international consortium of over 400 member organisations… Read More
Blackboard partners with Skillsoft to deliver career-development content to professional learners - July 24, 2015
Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced a partnership with Skillsoft, a global learning content provider, to enable direct delivery of high-quality content to professional learners via Blackboard's industry-leading teaching and learning platform. The partnership will allow Blackboard to offer learners and instructors access to… Read More
